Turkmenistan

Governments have been making Covid-19 shots mandatory for health workers and other high-risk groups, pushed by a sharp upturn in infections caused by the Delta variant and a slowdown in vaccinations. A growing number of countries are…

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban on Wednesday claimed to have captured a key town in the southern Kandahar province that serves as Afghanistan’s major border crossing with Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province. Pakistani authorities sealed the…

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: The Taliban said Wednesday they had captured the strategic border crossing of Spin Boldak along the frontier with Pakistan, continuing sweeping gains made since foreign forces stepped up their withdrawal. "The…